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Oct 2024
48m 16s

International observers criticise Georgi...

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Pro-Western opposition parties in Georgia have refused to accept results that hand victory to the increasingly authoritarian ruling party, after a pivotal election focused on the country's future path in Europe. We hear from an international observer who says the ballot was flawed and spoke of a string of violations across the country, from ballot stuffing inside polling stations to intimidation of voters outside.

Also on the programme: we hear from the MSF medical aid agency in Gaza after one of its doctors was detained by Israeli forces during a siege on Kamal Adwan hospital, and we consider undecided voters in the United States.

(Picture: Fireworks over the Georgian Dream party headquarters after the announcement of exit poll results in parliamentary elections, in Tbilisi, Georgia Credit: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze)

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